Lexmoto Arrow 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Arrow 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 57.3% average, from 1,290 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 57.6%

2011

lowest-passing year · 54.0%

3.6pp

spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2012 (57.6% of 655 tests). Lowest: 2011 (54.0% of 235). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011, 2013.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (57.3%)
2011	235	54.0%	-3.3 pp
2012	655	57.6%	+0.3 pp
2013	336	55.1%	-2.2 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2014–2023

Questions

Which Arrow 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2011, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Arrow 125 overall (57.3%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 54.0% from 235 tests.
Which Arrow 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 57.6% of 655 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Arrow 125 pass rate vary by year?: 3.6 percentage points between the highest (2012, 57.6%) and lowest (2011, 54.0%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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